Eldamo : Neo-Quenya : sov-

ᴺQ. [ᴱQ.] sov- v. “to wash, *bathe” (Category: to Wash)

ᴺQ. [ᴱQ.] sov-, v. “to wash, *bathe” (Category: to Wash): ᴱQ. allu- “to wash”; ᴱQ. lusta- “to bathe in warm water”; ᴱQ. lutto- “to swill, wash”

See ᴱQ. sovo- for discussion.

Element In

ᴺQ. !alasóvina “unwashed”
ᴺQ. !sovamorco “raccoon, (lit.) wash-bear”

Cognates

ᴺS. ^sov- “to wash clean, bathe”

Derivations

< ^ᴺ√SOW “wash, *bathe”

ᴱQ. sovo- v. “to wash” (Category: to Wash)

A verb appearing as ᴱQ. sovo- “wash” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√SOVO or ᴱ√SOW̯O “wash” (QL/86).

Neo-Quenya: I retain ᴺ√SOW “wash” for purposes of Neo-Quenya, so I would retain ᴺQ. sov- “to wash” as well. Since sov- is unlikely to derive directly from ᴺ√SOW, I think it needs to be based on a variant root ᴺ√SOB.

References ✧ QL/86

Glosses

“wash” ✧ QL/86

Variations

sovo- ✧ QL/86

Inflections

sōve

past

✧ QL/86

Element In

ᴱQ. sovalle “washing, bathing” ✧ QL/86 (sovasta)

Cognates

G. sô- “to wash clean, bathe”

Derivations

< ᴱ√SOVO “wash” ✧ QL/86

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√SOVO > sovo-

[soβo-] > [sovo-]

✧ QL/86